Questions of the Day:

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Questions of the Day

• What impact did Industrialism have on the
  American Dream for most Americans?
• Are Corporate Elite (Captains of Industry or
  Robber Barons?) good for our society?

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The Impact of Industrialism on Americans?
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For Sale Native American Land!!

• American settlers desire to move west pushed
  Native Americans off lands that were
  traditionally theirs.
• Some Native Americans Fought back!
• Sitting Bull
• Little Bighorn famous
• Chief Joseph and Geronimo
• After facing losses, this ended Native American
  attempts to fight back

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Taking the Trail out West

• Homestead Act west, cool
• A variety of different peoples moved out West
• Whites
• Middle Class people from the Midwest, farmers or
  businessmen, could afford supplies
• African-Americans
• Exodusters, dusters
• Chinese
• Helped establish railroads across the country
• Europeans
• Poor immigrants moved to work on railroads
  (Irish) or to farm (Germans and Scandans)

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A few big innovations

• Bessemer Process info
• Communications (Telegraph Telephone) pic
• RR Boom, Autos Planes
• Striking Oil
• PrometheanGrowth - Steam and Electric Power

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Importance of a Patent to an Inventor

• Thomas Edison - inventions at Menlo Park - patent
  for light bulb
• Alexander Graham Bell - sketch

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IMPORTANT! Industrial Ideas

• Free enterprise (laissez-faire -gov.)
• Corporations w/ Stockholders
• Social Darwinism (Herbert Spencer link)
• Vertical and Horizontal Integration (Monopolies-
  think Andrew Carnegies Steel(vertical) and John
  Rockefellers Standard Oil (horizontal)cartoon
• Philanthropy (Noblesse Oblige?) pic Gates
  Foundation

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Government Response (Anti-Trust Movement)?

• -Federal Government - eventually exerted some
  authority to regulate RR Interstate Commerce
  Act (created Commission) 1887
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) - meant to regulate
  monopolies (trusts), but not effective
• Because of Financial Panic of 1893 - Populist
  push for reform influenced Election of 1896

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Robber Baron or Captain of Industry?

• Now its your turn to decide
• Were entrepreneurs like John D. Rockefeller,
  Andrew Carnegie, or Cornelius Vanderbilt good for
  society or not?
• Are entrepreneurs like Martha Stewart, Donald
  Trump, Bill Gates, or Oprah good for our society
  today?

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Is this an accurate portrayal of John D
Rockefeller and his impact on America?

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Or this?
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Work Environment Changes

• The New Workplace - machines run by unskilled
  workers replace many skilled craftspeople -
  Frederick W. Taylors ideas - Taylorism from
  Principles of Scientific. Management. link

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Workers Unite!

• Rise of Unions - workers organize to recover loss
  of power - collective bargaining used to
  negotiate for better wages, working conditions,
  hours
• Knights of Labor - open to all - high and low
  skilled men and women, black and white. Terence
  Powderly-pushed for 8hr day, equal pay/work,
  regulate trusts, and end child labor Mary
  Harris Mother Jones also organized strike. K of
  L backed RR strike 1877 link
• American Federation of Labor - limited to special
  skilled - led by Samuel Gompers, became effective
  and nationally prominent, but excluded
  manyhttp//www.aflcio.org/
• link

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Strike for better Conditions!

• Haymarket Riot - union strikers protesting for
  8hr day, some anarchists present, Knights of
  Labor blamed link
• Homestead Strike - Carnegie owned, manager wanted
  more machinery, workers strike, Pinkerton
  security hired, face off, many die, strike lasts
  four more months link
• Pullman Strike - with Depression of 1893, Pullman
  Co. cut wages 25-40, workers strike, Fed. Govt.
  put postal cars in trains, used Sherman
  Anti-Trust Act against union link

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Industrialism and Farmers? (Populism takes root)

• Farm Production - grew quickly w/ machinery pop.
  up, farms up, yet farmers were overproducing
  and not profiting, farmers suffer
• National Grange - social and educational
  organization for farmers - formed cooperatives to
  buy farmers crops and then sell them for higher
  prices then shifted to politics - choosing
  candidates who wanted regulation of RR and
  Corporations.link
• Farmers Alliances (including Colored Farmers) -
  joined to form Populist Party - tried to remove
  influence of Big Business on Government

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A Reminder of Federal Government Response..

• -Federal Government - eventually exerted some
  authority to regulate RR Interstate Commerce
  Act (created Commission) 1887
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) - meant to regulate
  monopolies (trusts), but not effective
• Because of Financial Panic of 1893 - Populist
  push for reform influenced Election of 1896

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Economic Impact of Industrialism?

• Silver vs Gold Debate - Gold standard (1873) was
  questioned, farmers wanted silver for inflation
  (making it easier to pay off debts) Silver
  candidates were supported by farmers, William
  Jennings Bryan
• Silver Purchase Act - because of Populist push,
  this act was passed in 1888, increased coinage
  based on silver
• William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold speech at
  Democratic Convention split Populist Party, so
  McKinley (Rep) won in 1896 link

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Back to the previous question..

• Was Americas Industrial Revolution generally
  good or bad for Americans? Explain.
• What impact would you say the Industrial
  Revolution had on the American Dream?